Timber Creek overcomes depleted Colonial squad

VARSITY - Girls Basketball

January 11, 2008|By Woody Wommack, Special To The Sentinel

Brittany Honor opened the game by scoring her team's first 11 points as the Timber Creek girls basketball team jumped out to an early nine-point lead and never looked back in a 65-36 victory over Colonial on Thursday night.

The Wolves (13-3) led from start to finish as they took advantage of a Colonial squad (8-8) depleted by suspensions stemming from the team's on-court brawl with Freedom last month.

"We wanted to start fast tonight coming off a six-day layoff," Timber Creek Coach Matthew Aliberti said. "We're going to treat every game for the rest of the year like it's a regional playoff."

Timber Creek led 31-13 at the half and opened up a 30-point lead early in the fourth.

Honor finished the game with 13 points, and the Wolves were led in scoring by Kansas State University commit Jalana Childs, who had 20.

Most of Childs' points came in the paint as she pretty much had her way around the basket all night.

"When you've got a player like Jalana, who's 6-4, that really helps. It's unfortunate that everybody can't have a player like that," Aliberti said, "but she's a special player."

Keishla Rivera was one of the few bright spots for the Grenadiers as she scored 20 points to tie Childs for the game high.

The Wolves don't have much time to rest before their next game when they host Apopka tonight at 7:30. The Grenadiers will have a week off before hosting University Thursday.